NCI overview explaining that cancer patients may use CAM to cope with treatment side effects, comfort themselves, or try to treat cancer, and that CAM should be discussed with the care team. Used to frame grounding as supportive rather than curative.
Grounding / Earthing
Grounding / Earthing is a supportive integrative therapy used to help with pain, stress, fatigue, sleep, mobility, emotional coping, treatment side effects, or quality of life alongside medical care. In cancer care, it should be evaluated by evidence level, intended use, safety, interactions, and whether it is being used as conventional treatment, supportive care, an experimental adjunct, or an alternative claim.
Review/commentary article presenting grounding as an anti-inflammatory remedy and summarizing prior published data and testimonials. Useful for claim-mapping; not oncology evidence.
Integrative review discussing biological grounding in relation to electromagnetic hygiene, disease prevention concepts, and safe implementation considerations.
Review article framing lack of grounding as a contributor to chronic and autoimmune disease through inflammation-related mechanisms. Relevant to claims but not cancer-specific proof.
Review article arguing that grounding should be included in lifestyle and integrative medicine due to reported effects on inflammation, pain, stress, sleep, blood flow, and well-being. Proponent review; not cancer-specific.
Earthing (Grounding) the Human Body Reduces Blood Viscosity-a Major Factor in Cardiovascular Disease
Small study reporting changes in red blood cell zeta potential and blood viscosity after grounding. Relevant to grounding physiology claims; not cancer-specific.
Review article summarizing proposed mechanisms and early grounding research, including sleep, pain, inflammation, cortisol, and blood-flow related claims. Useful as a core proponent/review source, not cancer-specific clinical evidence.
NCCIH states that no complementary health approach has been shown to prevent or cure cancer and that some approaches may help manage symptoms or side effects. Used for safety framing of grounding.